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UT trom the ivied tow 
The chimes peal far and wide ; 
It has. come, the sacred hour. 
The beautiful Christmas-tide. 




HE merry, jangling bells 
With music flood the air; 
The jubilant organ-swells 

Uplift the soul like a prayer. 







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-IE scarlet holly shines 
Through frosty panes aglow ; 
P And tapers light the shrines 
Where the palm and 








For eve, with its hallowed mirth, 
Foretells the rapturous morn ; 

And over the fair, wide earth 

There is joy that the Christ was born ! 



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BEAUTIFUL Christmas-tide, 
When the wanderers dream of rest, 
And gather from far and wide, 
Like birds to the olden nest. 



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HEN amid each festal scene 
Sweet voices, tender and low, 
Drift back to the heart serene 

With the peace which the angels know. 




WHEN the song that is never old 
Resounds from afar and afar, 
And a lustre and light untold 

Flash out from Bethlehem's star. 




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One glory in minster and hall ; 
Unsilenced and unforgot, 

They hold the world in their thrall. 




pF MINE, stars, till the rose of dawn 

Blooms red in the eastern skies ; 
When the veil of night is withdrawn. 

Awake, O souls, and arise! 
Awake to the gladness and mirth 

Which wait on the hallowed morn ; 
Rejoice and give thanks, O earth, 

That of old the Christ was born ! 



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